What are plate tectonics?

Plate tectonics is a theory that explains the structure of the earths crust.

A German Geophysicist and meteorologist who came up with the first continental drift statement.

Pangaea was a super-continent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras.

The outermost layer of the Earth.

The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.

The upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere.

A transform boundary is a plate boundary where the motion is predominantly horizontal.

Seafloor spreading is a process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges, where new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity and then gradually moves away from the ridge.

A convergent boundary is an area on Earth where two or more lithospheric plates collide.

a divergent boundary or divergent plate boundary is a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.

A large elongated depression with steep walls formed by the downward displacement of a block of the earth's surface between nearly parallel faults or fault systems.

Subduction is a geological process that takes place at convergent boundaries of tectonic plates where one plate moves under another and is forced to sink.

A current in a fluid that results from convection.

Continental Drift Theory

Continental drift is the theory that the Earth's continents have moved over geologic time relative to each other.

A trench is a type of excavation or depression in the ground that is generally deeper than it is wide

an oceanic basin may be anywhere on Earth that is covered by seawater but geologically ocean basins are large geologic basins that are below sea level.

In geology, the places known as hotspots or hot spots are volcanic regions thought to be fed by underlying mantle that is anomalously hot compared with the surrounding mantle.

A mid-ocean ridge is a seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics.

The Ring of Fire is a major area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean where many earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur.

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Question	Answer
What are plate tectonics?	Plate tectonics is a theory that explains the structure of the earths crust.
Alfred Wegener.	A German Geophysicist and meteorologist who came up with the first continental drift statement.
Pangaea	Pangaea was a super-continent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras.
Crust	The outermost layer of the Earth.
Lithosphere	The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
Asthenosphere	The upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere.
Transform boundary	A transform boundary is a plate boundary where the motion is predominantly horizontal.
Seafloor spreading	Seafloor spreading is a process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges, where new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity and then gradually moves away from the ridge.
Convergent boundary	A convergent boundary is an area on Earth where two or more lithospheric plates collide.
Divergent boundary	a divergent boundary or divergent plate boundary is a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
Rift valley	A large elongated depression with steep walls formed by the downward displacement of a block of the earth's surface between nearly parallel faults or fault systems.
Subduction	Subduction is a geological process that takes place at convergent boundaries of tectonic plates where one plate moves under another and is forced to sink.
Convection current	A current in a fluid that results from convection.
Continental Drift Theory	Continental drift is the theory that the Earth's continents have moved over geologic time relative to each other.
Trench	A trench is a type of excavation or depression in the ground that is generally deeper than it is wide
Oceanic basin	an oceanic basin may be anywhere on Earth that is covered by seawater but geologically ocean basins are large geologic basins that are below sea level.
Hotspot	In geology, the places known as hotspots or hot spots are volcanic regions thought to be fed by underlying mantle that is anomalously hot compared with the surrounding mantle.
Mid-ocean ridge	A mid-ocean ridge is a seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics.
Ring of fire	The Ring of Fire is a major area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean where many earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur.

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